Unlike traditional manufacturing, flexible manufacturing: a. decreases efficiency. b. lowers unit costs. c. allows the production of only standardized products. d. limits an organization's ability to customize products. e. limits an organization's ability to offer greater product variety.

Traditional manufacturing is the production process by which companies produce goods part to be delivered for sale and part to have them stored in case of shortages which could increase inventory costs.

Flexible manufacturing concentrates on using technology for mass-production of products characterized to be subject to rapid market changes. Flexible manufacturing saves money in labor costs, thus, lowers the unitary costs of the output.